It's one thing to have your hind-end whooped on the racetrack by a woman - it's something entirely different to have your butt kicked on the side of the track by a woman.
I've been to the Indianapolis 500 a couple of times with my dad. Although it's not my favorite kind of auto racing, it is certainly a spectacle worth experiencing. Even those who know nothing about motorsports are likely familiar with Danica Patrick, the 26-year old who was the first woman to ever win an Indy car race.
Danica Patrick doing the "if looks could kill" after the collision.
During last Sunday's running of the Indy 500, driver Ryan Briscoe pulled out in front of Patrick as she was leaving the pit area and collided with her car - damaging the suspension and eliminating her from the race. What happened next was, in my estimation, the highlight of the entire race. Danica jumps out of her car, starts walking directly toward Briscoe's pit area with a look on her face that would have made Dirty Hairy proud. As she walked, she never stopped staring the boys down as she whipped off her driving gloves and lifted the visor from her helmet. Darth Vader couldn't have been more menacing. The only thing that stopped Danica from marching right into Briscoe's crew and going all WonderWoman was the large track security guy who helped her make a U-turn.
Danica stilled steaming as she leaves the track.
In auto racing, a sport dominated forever by men, it's one thing to have your butt kicked on the track by a 5' 2" woman ... but it's an entirely different story to have your butt kicked, literally, in the pits by a 5' 2" woman. All I can say is, after seeing the look on her face, my money would have been on Danica had she made it to Briscoe.
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